14.6% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Outback - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Outback - North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Outback - North compared to the state and national figures. While child care and volunteering rates are typical, other forms of unpaid help and housework are much less common here. This creates a distinct pattern of community support across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 17.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is typical at 27.1%, but other types of help are rare. Only 7.3% of people provide unpaid care and 15.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.3% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence Force service is common for 2.7% of residents, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average and just a little below the Queensland rate.
2.7%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Outback - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31502/outback-north/topic/community